Many football fans anticipated technical glitches that left general managers fuming, but the virtual 2020 NFL draft instead went surprisingly well.
You might even say a little too well.
“The NFL has a problem with this draft format: It’s better than the previous drafts,” Los Angeles Times columnist Sam Farmer tweeted. “Now, going back to the old style will be an issue.”
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the NFL to cancel its original plan of holding the draft in Las Vegas — a spectacle that would have included top prospects being shuttled through the Fountains of Bellagio on boats, a true exercise in excess — the league instead put on three days of remotely-produced programming that simultaneously addressed the coronavirus pandemic and drew record television ratings.